Centrifugation and foam fractionation effect on mucilage recovery from Dioscorea (Yam) tuber

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Fu, Y C ^a   Chen, S ^a   Lai, Y J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foam fractionation; Glycoprotein; Mannan; Mucilage; Protein; Yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 10944223846     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb09937.x     Document Type: Article

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